Urgent Action Update: Confined communities in Riosucio, Chocó
Several Embera Indigenous communities and the Afro-descendent community of Taparal find themselves confined and terrified
Urgent Action Update: New convictions for “inciting debauchery”
16 individuals sentenced to three years in prison and three years’ probation for “debauchery”, raising the total to 49
Urgent Action update: Detained rights lawyer further ill-treated in China
Sixty-year-old human rights lawyer Li Yuhan reported to her lawyer that she was left unconscious and unattended for hours
Urgent Action: Papuan worker in Indonesia disappeared since 7 November
Martinus Beanal, a Papuan worker has disappeared since 7 November in the midst of alleged escalated armed clashes.
Urgent Action update: Kachin pastor sentenced to four years in prison in Myanmar
Kachin pastors Dumdaw Lat and Langjaw Seng have been sentenced under charges which AI believes are politically motivated.
Urgent Action update: Mother and son risk being sent to prison camp in North Korea
A woman who was identified as Lee Su-jung in China and her son were forcibly returned to North Korea.
Urgent Action update: Polish government attempts further control of judiciary
On 22 November, proposals to increase the government’s control of the judiciary were put before the Polish Parliament.
Urgent Action: Authorities block march, charge participants in Thailand
16 individuals were arrested during a march against plans for a coal-fired power plant and may face criminal charges.